Healthy Communities & Safeguarding Committee announce new Chair and Vice Chair

Rob Simpson has been named as Chair of the Healthy Communities & Safeguarding Committee. Rob was previously Chair of the VISION4 Committee and will continue to represent issues concerning children and young people.

Jim Thakoordin became the Vice Chair of the committee. Jim sits on the Environment & Economy Network Committee and had recently also joined the Health & Well Being Committee. On this committee, Jim will represent health and well being issues.

Healthy Communities & Safeguarding Committee will support the involvement and engagement of the Third Sector in the local children and young people and health and wellbeing agendas, through the Health and Wellbeing Board, Children and Young People’s Trust Board, Luton Safeguarding Board and their sub-groups.

The network enables providers of services relating to all children, young people and health and wellbeing issues, to share information and views and communicate about relevant issues.

If you would like to find out more, please get in touch with a Representative from the committee. Their details can be found on our main site (www.lutonassembly.org.uk/representatives.htm)

The draft Family Poverty Strategy 2011 - 2014 is now available for viewing.
You can contribute to the consultation that is now open for a Tackling Family Poverty Strategy for Luton

Please click on the link below to view the documents;
http://www.luton.gov.uk/internet/references/do_it_online/current%20consultations1/tackling%20family%20poverty%20in%20luton

The consultation outlines the draft vision, principles aims and key actions to Tackle Family Poverty in Luton. There is a range of background information and research available (please follow the link above) to provide context and evidence underpinning the strategy.

If you would like further information, contact Sarah Allen at LBC.
Her details can be seen below:

Sarah Allen (Social Justice Manager)
Email: sarah.allen@luton.gov.uk
Tel: 01582 546979

The New statutory Health and Well Being Boards are coming to Luton

Luton is to be an early implementer of the New Health and Well Being Boards

Local authorities throughout England have signed up to join a network of early implementers of health and wellbeing boards. The boards will remove divisions between the NHS and local authorities and give communities greater say in the services needed to provide care for local people. The early implementers – 132 local authorities – will create ‘shadow’ health and

wellbeing boards in their council. The boards will bring together those who buy services across the NHS, public health, social care and children’s services, elected representatives and representatives from HealthWatch to plan the right services for their area. They will look at all health and care needs together, rather than creating artificial divisions between

services.

Many local authorities already have projects in place to integrate services, including:

Improved joint working should help ensure that each member of the health and wellbeing board can draw on their strengths, whether that’s clinical expertise, local knowledge or understanding the needs of patients and the public, to help shape commissioning strategies to meet local needs. It is hoped that all local authorities will have shadow boards in place by April 2012. Fully-fledged boards  will be up and running in April 2013 at the same time as GP consortia take on responsibility for the NHS budget, subject to Parliamentary approval.

More information coming soon...

Please email any queries to assembly.admin@valuton.org.uk